diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
index ccfbc7605dc7..0ed96a1cda68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   color-theme,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ melpaBuild {
 
   packageRequires = [ color-theme ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized";
     description = "Precision colors for machines and people; Emacs implementation";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix
index efc2ccc87da8..0b8b5108043c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/grid/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-3QDw4W3FbFvb2zpkDHAo9BJKxs3LaehyvUVJPKqS9RE=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ichernyshovvv/grid.el";
     description = "Library to put text data into boxes and manipulate them";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-plus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-plus/default.nix
index 6c12d37664ae..c2764968bcb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-plus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-plus/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   melpaBuild,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-kD+Fyps3fc5YK6ATU1nrkKHazGMYJnU2gRcpQZf6A1E=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IsearchPlus";
     description = "Extensions to isearch";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-prop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-prop/default.nix
index fb4cf005b08f..adf8fbec1195 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-prop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/isearch-prop/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -15,10 +16,12 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-A1Kt4nm7iRV9J5yaLupwiNL5g7ddZvQs79dggmqZ7Rk=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IsearchPlus";
     description = "Search text- or overlay-property contexts";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ leungbk ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ leungbk AndersonTorres ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix
index 23fa618283b0..7cf5a63f4b6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/sunrise-commander/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   melpaBuild,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-D36qiRi5OTZrBtJ/bD/javAWizZ8NLlC/YP4rdLCSsw=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sunrise-commander/sunrise-commander/";
     description = "Orthodox (two-pane) file manager for Emacs";